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MIAMI One week after Florida's first openly gay lawmaker announced the state might finally strike its unconstitutional 1977 gay-adoption ban, conservatives have quietly crafted a legislative amendment that would allow private agencies to deny adoptions based on "religious or moral convictions." "Make no mistake: This proposal is political revenge against the move led by Rep. David Richardson," Tony Lima, executive director of South Florida LGBT rights group SAVE, said in an email to the Miami Herald. "It's a shame that some in Florida's legislature would vote to sanction prejudice, because discrimination in any form is wrong and capable, loving...

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MIAMI One week after Florida's first openly gay lawmaker announced the state might finally strike its unconstitutional 1977 gay-adoption ban, conservatives have quietly crafted a legislative amendment that would allow private agencies to deny...